what did you do with your fazer today ?

[nick crisp]

Have to say Nick that is a lovely bike you have there, the USD forks really suit the 1000 and as mentioned the black looks a lot better than the gold in my opinion. Not a fan of USD's on the 6 though, looks a bit daft for some reason, they're super chunky and it makes the front look odd. A bit like putting a Plymouth Superbird spoiler on a Ford Fiesta or something, looks overkill in my opinion. I'm getting my forks done soon, can't wait but I am opting for the emulators / springs upgrade and keeping the standard looking RWU forks.

Thankyou  Would be nicer if it was black frame & engine imo, hope to do that eventually. The forks that have just gone on have K-Tech internals; there is almost zero dive under hard braking, and it's turning me into the last of the late brakers  :lol  I insisted to myself that it would have to be black forks - gold looks good on the blue bikes and some other colours but I think it would have looked like a dog's dinner with the yellow! Devilsyam is of course the star for sourcing them.

First Wales shakedown run (for me and the bike) for this year today. Beautiful weather all day, like mid-summer. Blatted along the A40 to Ross-on-Wye, then up a short bit of the A49, turned off to go to Abergavenny via Skenfrith:



Stopped at the Oasis café in Aber, then up to Builth Wells, then Elan Valley (as ya do  :lol ):











And just to prove to myself that it is possible to break your rhythm and stop for a piccy on the Crossgates-Newtown road  :lol :



Left Wales via that brilliant road through Craven Arms etc (slimwilly knows the one I mean  ), and a brief break at Ludlow, by the castle:





Will do a proper visit to the castle one of these days soon, think it'll be worth it.

And had a bit of a laugh on the way home: A large section of one of the main roads on my route is currently closed for resurfacing. Well, I'm getting a bit tired by this time, so I stop for 15mins for a coffee and to stretch my legs. Right, let's see how far we get before we hit the closure, and maybe I can turn down some little detour there. If not, can always turn around and take another route. I'm feeling better after my rest so not in a hurry, just bimbling along now. So I get to the road closure and head off down a little B road, which I have ridden before, but only once. Then I take a wrong turning somewhere and bang! I hit the closed road halfway along it's length with no way onwards. So I ask one of the resurfacing crew, how do I get to such-and-such? He doesn't answer at first but takes great interest in the bike. Then he says, go down the closed road, if you're stopped, just tell em you were really short on fuel and had to get to the nearest garage. Before I can say anything, a works van pulls up and he's telling his boss that I'm short on fuel, can I use the closed road. No, it's closed. Oh well, alright, just follow me. So now I've got an official escort on a major route with no traffic (peak time) with the guy thinking I'm short of fuel (I'd filled up at Evesham, so tank was full) and I'm just hoping we don't get stopped by someone else cos the fuel gauge shows it's brimmed  :lol So I'm inventing excuses in my head just in case: yeah mate, that gauge has been stuck at the full mark for ages  :lol

But got through no problems, probably saved me at least another half hour of alternative route hunting, so  :thumbup to the guy who bull-shitted his boss for me!